"Eating Living, Building: Design the Kitchen of the Future" NKBA Symposium 11/18 highligts Culinary Culture

Eating, Living, & Building, Designing the Kitchen of Tomorrow is the National Kitchen & Bath Association - NKBAManhattan

Chapter’s 2015 Symposium. All are welcome to attend the event that is targeted for the kitchen, bathroom and interior design community.


The Eating, Living & Building symposium is an innovative and in-depth discussion of the future of kitchen design and implementation, focused through the lens of kitchens past and present. The subjects of food, sociology, and design will help guide the talks in a series of thought-provoking, one-hour programs followed by a hosted panel discussion with three industry experts. The event is sponsored by Hafele America Co at their NYC showroom just off Gramercy Park.

Eating

Culinary Culture – How Food and Its Production Fuel the Kitchen 

A discussion of the future of food as it relates to kitchen design and the changing world of edible goods from origin to tabletop. Discussing production, transport, preparation and storage, the food-focused presentation will examine how food is a prism through which we perceive our lifestyle and how it touches every facet of society.


Leeann Lavin, -- that's me!! -- author ofThe Hamptons and Long Island Homegrown Cookbook …, contributing author (three chapters: Farm to Table, Greenmarkets, and Ladies Who Lunch) to Savoring Gotham: the “Food Lover’s Companion to New York City,” Examiner Food & Drink reporter, and garden designer and blogger at Garden Glamour by Duchess Designs, will present the future of food as it relates to kitchen design and our changing world of edible goods from origin to tabletop. I will present a back to the future snapshot of food’s recent history -- from “essential locavore” through Gotham’s food markets, to foods of the future, including plant-based, NbN, and entomophagy -- to the Kitchen as the Dashboard, driving a healthy, sustainable food-centric lifestyle.


Living


Under the (Kitchen) Hood

An overview of the impact of kitchen design and its impact on the health, safety and welfare of the homeowner. Taking into account climate change, energy consumption, systems thinking, lifestyle, material and spatial organization and sociological-based design approach are discussed to get the most beneficial outcome for the design and the environment.

Ray Kinoshita Mann, Associate Professor at The University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Architecture, will depict a portrait of tomorrow’s kitchen from a sociological perspective through her holistic design approach and her understanding of our world’s changing family dynamics.

Building

Virginia Tech – FutureHAUS

The Virginia Tech FutureHAUS is a research concept of the VT Center for Design Research which proposes an innovative new approach to the way we construct buildings. This process promises energy-efficient, sustainable, and smart solutions for medium to high density urban housing. The prefabricated FutureHAUS Kitchen, a signature feature of the prototype which demonstrates the wirelessly “connected” kitchen. The kitchen and living room “cartridge" prototypes were featured in 2015 at KBIS in Las Vegas and AIA National Convention in Atlanta. Joseph Wheeler, AIA, Professor at Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design will explore environmental and sustainable architecture and the implementation of advanced design theory and ideas.

Panel Discussion

Following the the three keynote presentations for Eating, Living & Building: The Kitchen of Tomorrow, there will be a panel discussion, moderated byJohn Morgan

The panel talk will further explore food, food storage and preparation, sociology, wellbeing, health, technology, construction methods and materials, and their impact on the future design of kitchens.

John Morgan, is a well-respected 20-year kitchen and bath industry veteran. A manufacturer’s representative, consultant, trainer, and speaker, he has served on advisory councils of many industry manufacturers and Virginia Tech. In 2013 John Morgan proudly served as the 2013 NKBA National President. Morgan authored the popular “Rep’s View” column in Kitchen & Bath Design News for nearly a decade, and currently represents nationally-known cabinet and technology companies through his Baltimore/ Washington-based agency,Morgan Pinnacle.

Schedule:

Noon ~ 1:00 PM Sign In &Lunch

1:00 PM ~ 6:00 PM Symposium 

(15 minute breaks between sessions)

.4 CEU/ 2 HSW & 2 LU

NKBA NARI AIA

ASID self reporting

Fees

NKBA Members prior to 11/11   $75.00

NKBA Members after 11/11       $100.00

All Other Professionals              $100.00

Pre-registration is required

Garden to Table Events Mark November: Sourdough Cookbook, The Inspired Landscape, Urban Farming, Culinary Culture & the Kitchen of Tomorrow

There are a number of outstanding events scheduled in the next few weeks that you simply cannot miss.  Adding the cherry on top, I’m delighted to share that all of them feature some of my favorite people. (Including moi!)

First Up: The Horticultural Society of New York celebrates the release of Sarah Owens’ first book Sourdough: Recipes for Rustic Fermented Breads, Sweets and More. HSNY (yeah George Pisegna!) invite reads:  “Sarah will offer a slide presentation of the botanical contributions included in this beautifully photographed cookbook. Join in an afternoon of food and wine (my aside: I’ve seen the homegrown food Sarah is cooking up - it looks delicious!) as the former Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) Curator of the Cranford Rose Garden reveals her inspiration working as a rosarian and how it has contributed to her evolution as a seasonally-inspired baker for her micro business BK17  based in Brooklyn, NY and Louisville, KY. Copies will be available for purchase.”  

Sarah and Ngoc's book is hands-down glamorous elegance in its purity and scope.

I met up with Sarah on Tuesday -- she’s in Gotham for the first leg of Sourdough’s promotional efforts. I’ve worked with Sarah at BBG and she worked with me for my Garden State Duchess Designs clients. I’ve long admired her botanical acumen and her inimitable style. I love Sarah! And you'll fall in love too, reading her book and learning how she bakes with the best ingredients, including those botanicals, - along with love…

She told me during our interview sitting in Union Square park basking in the Indian Summer weather, how she first met up with her incredible photographer, Ngoc Minh Ngo in the Cranford Rose Garden -- and well, the professional connection, "blossomed!" -- to Sarah’s baking and ultimately, to the collaboration on Sourdough. I’ll be writing a full review and feature on Sourdough shortly here for Garden Glamour by Duchess Designs and for my Examiner Leeann Lavin Food & Drink column.

In the meantime, do not miss this rare opportunity to see and hear Sarah talk about her transformative baking, use of healthy, local grains, and the magic of sourdough!

The book talk and tasting takes place from 3:00 pm to 6:00pm at UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art, 322 Union Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211 Email: scourtade@thehort.org

Sourdough author, Sarah Owens, photo: Ngoc Minh  Ngo

Second on the events calendar: Monday, November 16, 6:30 pm is one of the events I'm involved in. I'm so proud and honored to be a part of this one. It's been more than a year in the making.

The Culinary Historians of New York (CHNY) and the NYU Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health present “Savoring Gotham: Celebrating the Making of the Definitive Companion to New York City’s Food.”

The program takes place at NYU, 411 Lafayette Street, Fifth Floor.t

A reception featuring iconic and ethnic New York foods will precede the talk, and copies of Savoring Gotham will be available for purchase.

Admission is $25 for CHNY members; $40 non-members and guests; $10 for full-time students with ID and free for NYU faculty and students with ID.

To purchase tickets in advance, visit

Savoring Gotham: Celebrating the Making of the Definitive …. 

The eagerly awaited Savoring Gotham was published by Oxford University Press. Editor Andrew F. Smith said it is easily the most comprehensive reference work on the history of the city’s food and drink.

Among the CHNY members who contributed the book are: Ari Ariel (area editor), Scott Alves Barton, Tove K. Danovich, Cara De Silva, Doug Duda, Megan Elias, Meryle Evans, Polly Franchini, Cathy K. Kaufman (senior editor), Michael Krondl (area editor) Leeann Lavin, Walter Levy, Renee Marton, Anne Mendelson, Marion Nestle, Jacqueline Newman, Alexandra Olsen, Linda Pelaccio, Carl Raymond, Peter G. Rose, Meryl Rosofsky, Stephen Schmidt, Andrew F. Smith, Alexandra J.M. Sullivan, Judith Weinraub (area editor).

I researched and wrote three chapters: Farm to Table, The History of Greenmarkets, and Ladies Who Lunch.

Savoring Gotham covers New York’s culinary history, but also some of the most recognizable restaurants, eateries and culinary personalities today. And it delves into more esoteric culinary realities, such as urban farming, beekeeping, the Three Martini Lunch and the Power Lunch, and novels, movies, and paintings that memorably depict Gotham’s foodscapes. From hot dog stands to haute cuisine, each borough is represented.

A foreword by Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster and James Beard JBF Awards winner, Garrett Oliver and an extensive new bibliography, round out this sweeping new collection.

Third, is Tuesday, November 17th and it brings the talented and inspiringSusan Cohen Landscape Architect to speak at The New York Botanical Garden to talk about her first book: The Inspired Landscape: Twenty-One Leading Landscape :Twenty-one Architects explore the creative process.”

The forward is by Peter Walker, an influential landscape architect and co-designer of the hauntingly beautiful September 11 Memorial gardens. (Peter spoke at the recent Landscape Design Portfolio series. I’ll cover his talk in an upcoming Garden Glamour post)

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It’s only natural that Susan’s first book would document the era’s most creative landscape architects. After all, Susan has coordinated the award-winning Landscape Design Portfolio series at NYBG since its launch 17 years ago. Every autumn, she has singlehandedly, brought the best of the industry’s designers to speak about their work -- commercial and residential -- inspiring all of us who listen and learn…
Susan is also the Program Coordinator for the Garden’s Landscape Design Certificate Program; she also teaches courses in the program. Susan is a garden guru treasure - and I love her!

After earning a Certificate at the Botanical Garden herself, she received her BS in Landscape Architecture from City College of New York. She is principal of Susan Cohen Landscape Architect in Greenwich, Connecticut and an award-winning designer, who also lectures and writes about garden history and landscape design.

Susan and Sheila Brady will speak at the Landscape Design Alumni Series: Finding Your Muse at 1:00 pm at the Garden, Watson Room 302. Fee is $29 for Members and $35 for non-Members.

I’m so sorry I will miss this talk - as it’s sandwiched in between two talks/events I am doing. However, I promise to catch up with Susan, have her sign a book, and get a feature story for you Garden Glamour readers.

Photo courtesy NYBG, photo: Alfredo Gaskin

Yet another big green event is the New York Botanical Garden’s (NYBG) Bronx Green-Up Program Presents a Symposium: “Growing the Urban Farm”

What: Symposium: “Growing the Urban Farm”

Who: Featured Speakers:

· Mchezaji “Che’ Axum, Director of the Center for Urban Agriculture and Gardening Education in the College of Agriculture Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences at the University of the District of Columbia. 

· Nevin Cohen, Associate Professor, CUNY School of Public Health

· Annie Novak, Manager of the Edible Academy, The New York Botanical Garden, and co-founder, Eagle Street Rooftop Farm. 

· Karen Washington, Community Activist, Gardener, and Farmer. A Bronx resident, founding member of Bronx Green-Up, and a passionate advocate for urban agriculture.

After the presentations, Todd Forrest, Arthur Ross Vice President for Horticulture and Living Collections at the New York Botanical Garden, will moderate a discussion about the future of urban agriculture in New York and beyond.

NYBG Urban agriculture is growing rapidly in cities across America. Vacant lots, abandoned green spaces, and even rooftops are being transformed into productive farms that provide fresh produce and opportunities for healthy activity, income, and many other benefits for urban families. Can the unprecedented growth of urban agriculture continue? Can urban farms produce enough food to feed large numbers of city residents? What new policies must be adopted to improve and promote urban agriculture? Will rooftop and vertical gardening systems increase the productivity of urban farms? What benefits beyond food production does urban agriculture provide to the community?

When: Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 6–8 p.m.

Where: The New York Botanical Garden, Ross Hall 2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx New York 10458

Admission: Non-Member $20; Member $10

To purchase tickets, visit nybg.org/AdultEd or call 800.322.NYBG (6924)


And then there's my big talk -- drumroll please -- on the Future of Food: Culinary Culture – How Food and Its Production Fuel the Kitchen: Eating, Living, & Building ~ Designing the Kitchen of Tomorrow for the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA). I’m one of three keynoters at the event to be held at Hafele New York Showroom from noon to 5:45 lunch included.

It’s going to be epic.

More on this event, too.

It’s quite a busy month -- and we’re only at the halfway mark!

It's quite a garden-to-table kind of November. Which is a fitting seasonal salute as we cruise into Thanksgiving and count our harvest blessings.

Such garden glamour.

Seibert & Rice Premiere New Planter Line Collaboration with Oehme, van Sweden Today at National Building Museum in Washington, DC

OvS Organics from Seibert &; Rice premieres today, photo courtesy of Seibert & Rice 

Seibert & Rice, the leading importer of Fine Italian Terra Cotta from Impruneta, is proud to announce its collaboration with the internationally renowned landscape architecture firm, Oehme, van Sweden & Associates, Inc. (OvS) recipient of the 2014 Landscape Architecture Firm Award of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)

OvS has designed a line of historically-inspired terra cotta vessels for Seibert & Rice’s American Collection. The line is called OvS Organics.

OvS Organics will make its debut at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC today, October 15, 2015, where the pots will be included in the exhibition, The New American Garden: The Landscape Architecture of Oehme, van Sweden, which runs through April 2016. The exhibition is organized by The Cultural Landscape Foundation


Photo courtesy of the Cultural Landscape Foundation

Seibert & Rice noted, "The product line adds drama to the garden, while reinforcing the time-honored craftsmanship of Italian pottery. Buyers can chose from a set of three pots of varying sizes, equally dramatic whether used individually or coupled in the classic OvS grouping of three."

According to Eric Groft, one of the principals of Oehme, van Sweden, “Inspiration for these vessels was drawn from the beauty and vitality of nature as represented classically through the ages, but infused with a modern and fresh look, indicative of OvS’ garden style made famous by the founders Wolfgang Oehme and Jim van Sweden.” Imagery of the calla lily, the cardoon thistle and the hellebore or Lenten rose enliven these boutique garden accessories. Garden Glamour reported on Groft's landscape lecture at NYBG last year: goo.gl/jjQviJ


Oehme van Sweden design, photo courtesy of OvS

The vessels were fashioned by the artisans of the small, Tuscan town of Impruneta outside of Florence, Italy. In an effort to preserve the ‘hand-of-man’ quality of terra-cotta pottery, the artisans used the ancient coil and slab methods of pot construction. The thickness of the terra-cotta and the skilled workmanship is evident in each shape.

The OvS Organics collection includes the Calla, which measures 35” H x 33 W, $2,050; the Hellebore, 12” H x 32” W, $980; and the Cardoon Thistle, 19” H x 31” W, $1,700. They are available from Seibert & Rice, P.O. Box 365, Short Hills, NJ 07078, (973) 467-8266,

www.seibert-ri ce.com, terracotta@seibert-rice.com.

And if you are looking for a vertical look to add drama - hanging planters offer a design option that is all too often overlooked.  I had a line of lightweight hanging pots 

However, if you have your favorite, high-quality planters and are looking for a hanging solution, then you'll be delighted to discover Design Rulz macrame that add sleek glamour to your home: inside or out.  The 20 DIY Macrame Hanger Patterns recently came to my attention.  So I'm passing on the good news.  The company writes: "Macrame, the art of knotting cords and rope together, was a huge hit back in the ’70s with DIY-ers. Now, modern macrame is sleek, chic and way cooler than its hippie counterpart. We’ve gathered 20 projects for you to try your hand at, and we know that you’ll love getting knotty with some rope and cords when you tackle these tutorials."  

Good looking and fun!  A home decor partnership that is irresistible.  And your design options are limitless.  

photo courtesy of Design Rulz

OvS Organics, photo courtesy of Seiebert & Rice

Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life at NYBG: Brimming with Inmate Discoveries

Frida Kahlo is a very special kind of enigma -- in a transcendent way.  Kahlo is, after all, one of the most popular artists ever -- male or female. Nevertheless, she is heralded as a groundbreaking feminist artist.  It was after a Kahlo painting sold in 1990 at Sotheby’s for nearly $2 million -- the most ever paid for a Latin American artist -- that the cinema’s brightest stars clamored to play her on the big screen, especially Madonna.

Ultimately it was the glamorous and accomplished actress, Salma Hayek who won the battle to ultimately -- and appropriately --  portray her fellow Mexican national artist.  Hayek earned an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Frida - a role that probably help secure our image and persona of the the iconoclastic artist.

Kahlo supersedes her artistic achievements - and her signature style has become readily recognizable to all generations; bordering on a parody of the independent, liberated, headstrong artist.  So, one might be tempted to think we know everything there is to know about Frida.  And yet, here’s the thing, New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) has curated and produced a compelling installation where you learn a lot about this enduring, fascinating icon. The show, “Frida Kahlo Art . Garden . Life runs through November 1st. (fittingly, the Mexican holiday, “Dia de Muertos” or Day of the Dead.)  

The show is described “as the first to examine Frida Kahlo’s keen appreciation for the beauty and variety of the natural world, as evidenced by her home and garden as well as the complex use of plant imagery in her artwork.”  All of the multiple program celebrate “the vibrant culture and style of Frida Kahlo’s life in Mexico, highlighting the influences behind her work, including dance, music, food, and film.”

Indeed, NYBG has done a masterful job of bringing together heretofore undiscovered elements of Kahlo; her art and her life -- including her on-again/off again, enduring love, Diego Rivera - Painter   

The show offers a very intimate look into Frida Kahlo - after all, you’re viewing her home and garden, as well as her public art.  Many of her art pieces can be seen the Art Gallery at the Garden in its jewel-box of a show space.

You’ll want to visit the Garden show several times because there’s that much to take in -- and it’s a joyful, happy exhibit.  You can also enhance your tour of the exhibit via an App delivered via your smartphone.  On-site or off Garden grounds, the App offers a biography, lots of archival photos, and it claims to provide contemporary photos and a video of present day Casa Azul - but my Frida App did not include these features...

First off, there is the star of the show: the almost in-situ replication of Kahlo’s Mexico City home: Casa Azul and its lush gardens, rendered throughout much of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.  

Meandering throughout the exhibit you will experience equal parts serenity: fountains, intoxicating, gentle, Mexican guitar music; along with bright, sherbet-colored walls, and exotic and curious plants boasting all manner of texture and shape.  

This show is almost a remarkable departure of sorts for the Garden’s signature feature blockbusters.

Besides the collection of succulents to be found in the Conservatory’s desert house, I’ve never seen these plants featured as part of a major exhibit, nor such bright colors; or the sheer variety of plants the Garden has brought together for Kahlo.  

I was most fortunate to have had a personal, one-on-one tour of the Kahlo exhibit from the celebrated curator, Fran Coelho, NYBG’s Vivian and Edward Merrin Vice President for Glasshouses and Exhibitions, (wow - that’s a title and a half to fit on a business card!), who leads the teams who create the Conservatory exhibitions. Coelho is an accomplished and creative plantswoman and horticulturist.  

Fran Coehlo, VP NYBG (L) & Green Industry Interns

I learn so much from Coehlo every time I’ve been privileged enough to receive a hands-on tour with her.  But really, everyone benefits from Coelho’s expertise and passion - her exhibits have her fingerprints all over them!  Plus she’s on-site, in the Conservatory pretty much all the time - looking after and caring for the plants - and the visitors who walk the shows with heads up, or peering down at the plant labels or who are taking scads and scads of photos, selfies with the exuberant plants or taking videos of the sensual delights discovered in the designed garden displays.  

Coelho explained how the show probably came about at the suggestion of Barbara Corcoran, the Garden’s Vice President for Continuing and Public Education.  Corcoran, Coelho noted is also of Latino ancestry, first raised the idea that Kalho would be a compelling focus for a Garden feature exhibit.

Soon, the Garden’s top brass, including Coehlo and Karen Daubmann, Associate Vice President of Exhibitions and Public Engagement,  were researching Kahlo and visiting Casa Azul in Mexico - as she explained to an audience of horticulture interns and the Students of Professional Horticulture at a lecture earlier in the day at the annual Green Industry Intern Field Day III, at The New York ...

Coehlo explained to me how the Garden team took lots of pictures of Casa Azul.  The pyramid garden featured in the exhibit was recreated to allow for a very robust display of garden pots and containers - mainly terra cotta.  

The Pyramid display garden: Casa Azul, NYBG

Cactus is the plant of choice in the show, however with more than 2,000 different kinds of cactus - and seemingly that many pots: some Italian, most Mexican, some from the Garden’s collection and many that were replicated from Casa Azul collection by the Garden’s Vice President for Retail and Business Development, Richard Pickett and are now offered for sale at the Garden -- it’s not likely that you’ll think you’re seeing double.

Quite the contrary. In fact, as we toured, talking about what a unique opportunity it is to showcase the plants in the containers so visitors can really get to see the plants and be inspired by them.  

Some plants they know, she said, some are new introductions.  The exhibit also offers the opportunity to show visitors how they might display the architectural beauties at home.  We agreed how much we love potted plants.

We both “oohed” a delighted exclamation when we turned the corner of the pyramid garden and saw a curious-looking tube-like bloom on the Rathbunia sonorensis cactus!  

Plants never fail to excite…

Fran Coelho, VP NYBG explains Kahlo exhibit

Coelho pointed out the Echeveria, Calla Lily (that we found rooted in a snap while gardening in Ecuador earlier this year), the national flower of Mexico: the Dahlia,  

the tidy Stenocereus marginatus, and other favorites as she described the challenges of not only getting the soils right for the containers -- sand perlite mix, and because these plants are difficult to root, she brought in bone root from California nurseries.

The pots or containers are more difficult to maintain -- need more water.  

After the show closes, most of the plants in the exhibit will become part of the NYBG permanent exhibit.  

Turning to the outdoor display behind the Conservatory - surrounding the Lily Pool Terraces, is a key part of the Frida exhibit - and as Coelho noted as part of our July tour - “This will be in in its glory in the fall.”  Now!  

The gardens here feature all kinds of Mexican species and cultivars that Coelho and her team were eager to showcase.  There’s Lantana, Asclepia, French Marigolds (I love to pair these with purple Heliotrope with its vanilla-scented blooms), Mexican Salvia (Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the mint family and I love growing and enjoying these low to no-maintenance work horses of the garden. Ditto for the candy-colored Agastaches - from which I also make a delicious tea to delight my house guests.) Who doesn’t love the glory of the Passionflower and its fascinating uses and lore?  It’s on display here and just crazy complex and glamorous.  

(She's also tucked in some ornamental edibles out here. Shhhh. See if you can locate them while touring the show.)

Coelho pointed out this garden is kinetic gallery of nature - with butterfly and hummingbird pollinators darting and zooming about creating more aerial beauty in motion.  

I looked over to the far side and saw what I thought were just about the loveliest yuccas or agaves ever - except for maybe the Century Plant  a favorite succulent of mine.  Turns out, Coelho introduced me to the Yucca Furcraea an agave, yucca relative. She’d had a few but added to the collection for the show. Stunning bluish/greenish and yellow color, the big baby is zone 4 so my crush has to reserved for a container planting next spring.

I asked Coelho what does success look like to her for a blockbuster show like this?  She said it’s the “Wow factor.”  When she sees the show clearly puts visitors in a good mood.   

Programs

The Garden has produced an immersive “edtu-tainment” suite of program elements that are engaging, fun, and provide a kind of Meetup sense of community, too.

In addition to the Conservatory exhibit, there is series of Kahlo’s painting and works on paper art in in the Gallery - and a fashion display of sorts in the Britton Rotunda of the Library,  inspired by Kahlo’s double self-portrait The Two Fridas with two paper mache “dresses” on mannequins, as rendered by Artist in Residence, Humberto Spíndola.

No story about Mexico is complete without a feature on the country’s homegrown tequila; especially because this favorite spirit is made from a plant: the beautiful agave. Sponsored by Jose Cuervo, the story of Mexican tequila is told through botany and craftsmanship.

A chance to win a trip to Mexico City is sponsored by AeroMexico, Condesa df   

Just text to 56512 - “NYBG FridaRetreat”

The Evening Programs (6:30-11 pm) remaining are October 1, 9, 16, 22 (which is also LGBT Night) and the 30th. I was told these are really fun evenings -- with many of the visitors dressing up as Kahlo.  

The Garden positively glows at night - so don’t miss this chance to be a true New Yorker - enjoying the evening out at one of the Frida al Fresco Evenings. These special evenings of live music, dining, and shopping now last until 11 p.m.

The evenings offer food, drink, dancing, and art in the Garden. What else is important to life?!

There’s something to fit every schedule, including:  

• Live Music and Dance on Saturdays and Sundays at 1 pm
• a Film Series every weekend and holiday Mondays at 3 pm (you can view the Julie Taymor - directed film, Frida, starring Salma Hayek, in case you missed it at the cinema.)
• Hands-on Craft Classes with artisanal, Mexican instructors

Visitors on Saturday, September 19, had the opportunity to attend a very special live poetry reading by Rachel Eliza Griffiths who read her own work as well as select pieces by Nobel Prize winner Octavio Paz - Author, Poet, whose verse adorns the Poetry Walk. Remember, t

Plus the Garden is open until 8 p.m. on Saturdays, so visitors can enjoy the cultural festivities until past sunset.

Check the NYBG web site at: Frida Kahlo for a complete listing things to see and do at the exhibit.

Enjoy this glamorous, visually stunning exhibit now through November 1.  

(And don’t you just love those Sigourney Weaver radio spots promoting the Frida Kahlo show?  She is a wonderful advocate for the Garden. Cheers!)

Hope you enjoyed the sneak peek images, video and tour -- so glamorous...